Tag: cover songs
Watch My Morning Jacket Cover Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill”
Listen To Bob Dylan Cover Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic” in Alicante, Spain (06/15/23)
The recordings are starting to come in from Bob’s current tour of Europe. I love that he’s been missing in a few random cover songs this year.
Watch Billy Strings Perform Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice” (05/24/23)
Watch Florence + The Machine Perform Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” at Glastonbury, 2010
Watch Molly Tuttle Perform Neil Young’s “Helpless”
Watch Lake Street Dive Perform “Rich Girl” in 2013
Listen To Bob Dylan Perform The Grateful Dead’s “Brokedown Palace” in Tokyo
Dylan is obviously a fan of the Grateful Dead. He toured with them in 1987 and he’s played together with various members several times. Robert Hunter co-wrote a couple of songs with him, etc., etc.
The other night he covered “Truckin‘” in Tokyo and now he’s performed “Brokedown Palace at least a couple of times. Neither version sounds particularly well rehearsed and they drift off before the song ends. But there is something there that’s magic. I hope he does spend a little time rehearsing it (and learning all the words) so that they can perform it properly sometime soon. It would make a pretty little addition to his set.
The great Ray Padgett posted both clips on his Twitter page.
Watch Natalie Merchant Sing “Let It Be” Washington, D.C. (12/6/17)
Listen To Bob Dylan Covering “Truckin'” In Tokyo (04/11/23)
Bob Dylan’s setlists have remained pretty static for years now, especially so on his recent Rough and Rowdy Ways tours. Last night he changed things up and covered the Grateful Dead’s “Truckin'” for the first time ever.
I haven’t seen the bootlegs yet, but Ray Padget has a stream up of this song over on his wonderful Flaggin’ Down the Double Es Substack (I highly recommend subscribing to it, for it is full of wonderful Dylan thoughts.)
It is a nice recording and a pretty great version of the classic.
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